Nebojša Novaković

Nebojša Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional football player who played as a striker, most notably for AIK. He is the manager of Vasalunds IF. Born in Sarajevo, he moved to Sweden in the early 1990s.

Nebojša Novaković
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-10-29) 29 October 1964
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Bratstvo Vojkovići
1984–1988 Famos Hrasnica
1988–1991 Dinamo Vinkovci[1] 100 (18)
1991–1993 Vasalund 33 (19)
1993–1996 Djurgården 94 (46)
1997–2001 AIK 104 (27)
2002–2003 Väsby 3 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Väsby (Assistant Manager)
2004–2008 AIK (Assistant Manager)
2009–2010 Sandefjord (Asst. Manager)
2011–17 AIK (Assistant Manager)
2017 AIK (Manager of Youth Teams)
2018–2019 Vasalund
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

He was born 29 October 1964, in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia to Bosnian Serb parents. He started his youth career at FK Bratstvo Vojkovići. He supported Red Star Belgrade as a youngster. He moved from Sarajevo in 1991, a year before the war broke out, to Solna, a suburb of Stockholm. He is nicknamed Nešo and Nebo.[2]

Playing career

Novaković joined Vasalunds IF in 1991 and played 33 league matches (19 goals) for the team in the 1991 and 1992 season.[3]

For the 1993 season, Novaković joined Djurgårdens IF and played 94 matches (46 goals) for the team between 1993 and 1997.[4]

In AIK, he made 104 league appearances, scored 27 goals, won Allsvenskan in 1998 and played in the Champions League's 1999–2000 season,[5] during which he scored a memorable lob versus FC Barcelona.[6]

Coaching career

After his playing career he got the job as assistant manager in Väsby IK with Rikard Norling as manager. The club won the league two years in a row but didn't manage to win any of the promotion qualifications. After the 2003 season he returned to AIK to be assistant manager to Richard Money. Money later resigned from AIK and got replaced by Patrick Englund, who got sacked after the 2004 season. Novakovic followed AIK and the new manager Rikard Norling to Superettan in 2005 due to their regulation. AIK won Superettan and reached for second place in Allsvenskan 2006. In 2008 the club got the fifth place and were a disappointment to many supporters. Rikard Norling got sacked and Novakovic resigned because of it. A few months later Novakovic and AIK negotiated to get him a new role in the club but outside the training staff, but they didn't get an agreement. Novakovic said that he's a coach and will continue his career as one.

On January 10, 2009 he became assistant manager to Patrick Walker in the Norwegian Tippeligaen club Sandefjord Fotball.

On December 16, 2010 he returned to AIK and signed a 3-year contract with the club as assistant manager together with the new manager Andreas Alm.

Personal life
Novaković with Daniella in July 2013

He is married to Gordana, with whom he has a son, Dejan (born 1990) and daughter, Daniella (born 1996).[2] Daniella is also a footballer in AIK's youth teams.[7]

Career statistics
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasalund 1991 Division 1 Östra/Division 1 Norra 8 7 —
1992 Division 1 Östra/Division 1 Norra 25 12 —
Club totals 33 19 —
Djurgården 1993 Division 1 Norra 25 19 —
1994 Division 1 Norra 25 19 —
1995 Allsvenskan 23 6 —
1996 Allsvenskan 21 2 4 1
Club totals 94 46 4 1
AIK 1997 Allsvenskan 24 7 7 4 4 1 35 12
1998 Allsvenskan 25 5 4 4 — 29 9
1999 Allsvenskan 21 7 6 2 10 2 37 11
2000 Allsvenskan 18 4 4 2 3 1 25 7
2001 Allsvenskan 16 4 4 2 2 0 22 6
Club totals 104 27 25 14 19 4 148 45
Career totals 23 5

Honours
Djurgårdens IF
AIK

Individual

References
  1. "Fudbal ex-YU 1945.-1992. > Igrači N". zerodic. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. "- AIK - aik.se -". www.aik.se. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Årets fotboll 1998" [1998 Football of the year].
  5. "500 AIKare: Nebojša Novaković". Archived from the original on May 3, 2006.
  6. "AIK – Barcelona (Novakovic)". Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30 – via www.youtube.com.
  7. Nilsson, Alva (8 August 2013). "Daniella Novakovic har målsättningen klar". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
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